Season for Caring: Where are they now? June and Kenneth Bonewitz

June and Kenneth Bonewitz of Round Rock have their own disabilities, but they also care for June’s mother who has Alzheimer’s. Tom McCarthy Jr. for AMERICAN-STATESMAN

One of the biggest things on June and Kenneth Bonewitz’s Season for Caring wish list last year was to have a vacation. June Bonewitz, 45, who has cerebral palsy, and Kenneth Bonewitch, 51, who has memory loss after a car accident in high school, care for her mother Margie Spinn, 77, who has Alzheimer’s disease. Season for Caring funds were used for a caretaker for Spinn while the Bonewitzes took a cruise to Alaska.

“Season for Caring has taken a lot of stress off of our lives,” Kenneth Bonewitz says. “With our disabilities, that stress relief has done wonders to keep us from losing our sanity.”

Season for Caring is the Statesman’s holiday charity program, but the donations help families throughout the year. Each year, local nonprofit agencies nominate families to the program. The 12 selected families get their needs met first, but then the agencies use extra money to help other families with basic needs such as rent, utilities, groceries, medical bills and transportation.